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DCDSB - OECTA Durham Secondary Unit 39 Collective Agreement 2004-2008 ARTICLE VIII: STAFFING AND SENIORITY (cont’d) 8:01(5) cont’d Grade 11 and 12 – Non Technical � University (U) 28 � University/College (M) 26 � College (C) 26 � Workplace 18 � Open (O) 28 Grade 11 and 12 - Technical and Practical Family Studies � University/College (H) 22 � College 20 � Workplace 18 Grade 9 to 12 � Learning Strategies 13 > Technical courses do not include Business, Computer Science and Communication Technology courses with a Technical coding. > Practical Family Studies refers to Family Studies courses such as “foods” courses. > There shall be one (1) teacher period in Co-operative Education for every twenty four (24) credits. b. Where the desirable limits above cannot be met, individual class sizes may be exceeded as follows: Advanced Academic/ Academic/University: desirable maximum + 3 All others: desirable maximum + 2 c. A multi-level class is one in which there is one (1) or more pupils of different level from the rest of the pupils. d. The class size maxima are outlined on the chart on page 58 of this Collective Agreement. DCDSB - OECTA Durham Secondary Unit 40 Collective Agreement 2004-2008 ARTICLE VIII: STAFFING AND SENIORITY (cont’d) 8:01(5) cont’d e. A joint committee of the Branch Affiliate and the Board shall be convened to study and to make recommendations on appropriate class size guideline modifications needed when pupils with special needs are assigned to regular classes. The Board shall appoint three (3) members to the committee and the Branch Affiliate shall appoint three (3) members. All recommendations of the committee shall be subject to amendment through the normal negotiating process and shall not bind either party until ratified. f. The President of the Branch Affiliate shall be supplied with a current list of the number of students enrolled at each level in each teacher’s class and a copy of each teacher’s timetable on October 1 st in semestered and non-semestered schools and February 23 rd in semestered schools. Class size guidelines shall comply with this Article by October 15 th in semestered and nonsemestered schools and February 28 th in semestered schools. g. Staff Monitoring Committee The Staff Monitoring Committee shall consist of three (3) representatives of the Branch Affiliate and three (3) representatives of the Board. The Board shall provide, by April 1 st , to the Branch Affiliate the student enrolment projections, the projections of the system staff complement and the projected departmental structure in each school. The Committee shall meet by October 31 st and March 31 st to review class sizes. In the spring of 2004, the Committee shall review the class size guidelines and class size maxima and make recommendations (if any), for changes for the 2004-2005 school year. Each spring, the Committee shall review the class size guidelines and class size maxima and make recommendations for the deployment of the new teaching positions each school year with the proviso that at least two thirds (⅔) of any such positions must directly address the Student Success initiative outlined by the Ministry of Education.
DCDSB - OECTA Durham Secondary Unit 41 Collective Agreement 2004-2008 DCDSB - OECTA Durham Secondary Unit 42 Collective Agreement 2004-2008 ARTICLE VIII: STAFFING AND SENIORITY (cont’d) ARTICLE VII: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (cont’d) 8:01(5) cont’d 8:01 (cont’d) h. Each school shall have a School Staffing Committee comprised of two (2) administrators and two (2) OECTA representatives. Each spring, the school Staffing Committee shall review the class size guidelines and class size maxima and make recommendations to the Staff Monitoring Committee for the deployment of the new teaching positions for the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years with the proviso that at least two thirds (⅔) of any such positions must directly address the Student Success initiative outlined by the Ministry of Education. (6) a. Every teacher shall receive a printed timetable assigning duties to every period, or part of a period, according to this Article. b. Any teacher designated to teach a period, within a department, shall be assigned only the duties and responsibilities inherent to that department. Exceptions to the foregoing shall be subject to the mutual agreement of the teacher involved, the principal and the appropriate Superintendent. The Unit President shall be notified prior to an exception being implemented. (10) Retention of Curriculum Chair Position A Curriculum Chair who accepts a position of Consultant Coordinator or Program Leader – Continuing and Alternative Education shall retain the position of Curriculum Chair for the length of the term of the Consultant/Co-ordinator or Program Leader – Continuing and Alternative Education position. Should the person be re-appointed to the position of Consultant/Coordinator, Program Leader – Continuing and Alternative Education or any other administrative position, the position of Curriculum Chair shall be relinquished. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the position of Curriculum Chair shall be relinquished only if the length of the initial term of the position of Consultant/Coordinator or Program Leader – Continuing and Alternative Education position was at least equivalent to one (1) school year. 8:02 APPOINTMENT TO POSITION OF CURRICULUM CHAIR 1) Curriculum Chair Structure (a) Each secondary school will have a base of ten (10) Curriculum Chairs assigned as follows: (7) Teacher-Librarian A full time teacher-librarian shall be appointed in schools with enrolments of over 500 students. � � � Religious Education and Family Life Guidance and Co-operative Education English, French and International Languages (8) Guidance � � Program Support, ESL and Library Science In staffing the Guidance Department, a section of guidance shall be allocated for every sixty five (65) pupils. � � � Physical Education and Healthy Living Mathematics Canadian World Studies and Social Sciences (9) Staffing Difficulties in Small Schools � � Business, Computers and Technological Studies Arts It is understood that the Director of Education has discretion with respect to staffing difficulties in small schools.
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